Lesson plan

12:26

Lesson 1. Introduction to Display Cakes

Meet your instructor, cake designer Chrissie Boon, as she previews the great decorating tips and business takeaways you’ll receive in this class. Then, get started working with foam cake dummies as Chrissie shows you how to cover them in fondant and discusses why they’re important for getting clients in the door.

17:13

Lesson 2. Planning Your Portfolio

Gather Chrissie’s expert tips on planning your portfolio. Learn how to research your market and create a diverse portfolio that will appeal to your local client base. Then, try your hand at Chrissie’s simple technique for creating an elegant Swiss dot pattern for a versatile addition to your favorite cake designs.

10:01

Lesson 3. Staying on Trend

Add a trendy technique to your decorating toolkit with Chrissie’s unique method for making birch bark — perfect for that rustic, chic cake your clients keep asking about! You’ll also get advice for staying on trend and more ideas for adding modern designs to your portfolio.

16:29

Lesson 4. Reaching a Higher Price Point

Learn how to appeal to a range of clients with techniques that help your designs reach a higher price point. Chrissie takes you step by step through the process of making her signature sugar flower — an elegant embellishment that will take your cakes to the next level in both visual appeal and retail value.

20:02

Lesson 5. Show-Stopper Cakes

Create cakes that truly wow and are guaranteed to get clients in the door! Chrissie reveals the structural secrets behind her show-stopping chandelier cake, which hangs upside down from either the ceiling or a stand. She also demonstrates important techniques, such as how to cover the suspended cakes in fondant and stack them within the structure.

14:19

Lesson 6. Finishing Your Show-Stopper Cake

Finish your show-stopping cake with elegant embellishments and learn how to cut and serve a cake that’s hanging upside down. Chrissie also covers additional considerations for presenting this style of cake, which require important research on the part of the decorator.

18:12

Lesson 7. Pricing & Promotion

Bring your creative business training full circle as Chrissie shares her secrets for pricing the various “tiers” of her portfolio. She also offers professional tips for promoting your beautiful work. A perfect portfolio is only as effective as the potential clients who see it!

"This class was fantastic! I love that it is a business class mixed with a design class! As someone who works a full-time job and runs a cake business as well, the tips on preproduction and the concept of a line of simpler, "what you see is what you get" cakes are invaluable. It is a way I think will help me grow my business so I can start to scale back on my day job eventually. Chrissie is a great instructor. She comes across as knowledgeable and presents clearly. She was easy to follow and I would buy any class she teaches!" - MorselsByMarkMontreal, QC Canada

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Lesson plan

12:26

Lesson 1. Introduction to Display Cakes

Meet your instructor, cake designer Chrissie Boon, as she previews the great decorating tips and business takeaways you’ll receive in this class. Then, get started working with foam cake dummies as Chrissie shows you how to cover them in fondant and discusses why they’re important for getting clients in the door.

17:13

Lesson 2. Planning Your Portfolio

Gather Chrissie’s expert tips on planning your portfolio. Learn how to research your market and create a diverse portfolio that will appeal to your local client base. Then, try your hand at Chrissie’s simple technique for creating an elegant Swiss dot pattern for a versatile addition to your favorite cake designs.

10:01

Lesson 3. Staying on Trend

Add a trendy technique to your decorating toolkit with Chrissie’s unique method for making birch bark — perfect for that rustic, chic cake your clients keep asking about! You’ll also get advice for staying on trend and more ideas for adding modern designs to your portfolio.

16:29

Lesson 4. Reaching a Higher Price Point

Learn how to appeal to a range of clients with techniques that help your designs reach a higher price point. Chrissie takes you step by step through the process of making her signature sugar flower — an elegant embellishment that will take your cakes to the next level in both visual appeal and retail value.

20:02

Lesson 5. Show-Stopper Cakes

Create cakes that truly wow and are guaranteed to get clients in the door! Chrissie reveals the structural secrets behind her show-stopping chandelier cake, which hangs upside down from either the ceiling or a stand. She also demonstrates important techniques, such as how to cover the suspended cakes in fondant and stack them within the structure.

14:19

Lesson 6. Finishing Your Show-Stopper Cake

Finish your show-stopping cake with elegant embellishments and learn how to cut and serve a cake that’s hanging upside down. Chrissie also covers additional considerations for presenting this style of cake, which require important research on the part of the decorator.

18:12

Lesson 7. Pricing & Promotion

Bring your creative business training full circle as Chrissie shares her secrets for pricing the various “tiers” of her portfolio. She also offers professional tips for promoting your beautiful work. A perfect portfolio is only as effective as the potential clients who see it!

Chrissie began her baking career as a teenager, when she took over a cookie business that her mother and next-door neighbor had started. While at university, Chrissie took some cake decorating classes and realized she had found her career. Following her passion, Chrissie opened a small cake and cookie shop. Today, she and her husband run their custom cake studio Too Nice to Slice, which is also home to Icing Inspirations, their cake decorating supply store. Chrissie is proud to create cakes that her customers cherish and share what she’s learned with cake decorators from around the world.

Ratings & reviews

Class rating

(63 reviews)

Awesome Class

by Michele D. Sanders on April 15, 2015

I learned so much...thank you Chrissie Boon!!!

I learned so much...thank you Chrissie Boon!!!

Great Class For Someone Starting A New Cake Business

by Hdezzertbar on March 18, 2015

I was hesitant on purchasing this class, but so happy I did. Lots of great tips and takeaways for someone trying to get their cake business off of the ground.

I was hesitant on purchasing this class, but so happy I did. Lots of great tips and takeaways for someone trying to get their cake business off of the ground.

Great class!

by Carlita_Cake It on March 11, 2015

I watched this entire class in one sitting! It is that good! Entrepreneurs should definitely take this class! Worth every penny!

I watched this entire class in one sitting! It is that good! Entrepreneurs should definitely take this class! Worth every penny!

Great Class For Those In The Cake Business

by CraftyLaurie on March 11, 2015

This is a a great class for anyone selling cakes or planning to sell cakes. A lot of great tips are shared on that will help you build an awesome portfolio of cakes and what you should be considering when pricing your cakes. Great instructor! Thanks

This is a a great class for anyone selling cakes or planning to sell cakes. A lot of great tips are shared on that will help you build an awesome portfolio of cakes and what you should be considering when pricing your cakes. Great instructor! Thanks

Just What I Was Looking For!!!!

by Mdcupcakes on March 9, 2015

I'm located in the Los Angeles area and there's so much competition out here . It's pretty brutal . Thank you soooo much for all the info . Really enjoyed this class . So much info to take in but heading in the right direction !

I'm located in the Los Angeles area and there's so much competition out here . It's pretty brutal . Thank you soooo much for all the info . Really enjoyed this class . So much info to take in but heading in the right direction !